Date: 6/15/26 12:27 pm From: Michael Paradis via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Extreme Terrorial Behavior in Rufous Hummingbird Female
Yesterday I was out at Nisqually hoping to see the 2nd Rufous hummingbird
chick fledge from the hanging nest that is very visible (it did :) ), but
almost immediately after a rival female flew down and pretty violently
started attacking the chick trying to knock it to the ground. Fortunately
the chick held on and the mother bird flew in to the rescue after a tense
minute or two and two attacks.
I know Rufous can be extremely territorial (and have certainly been buzzed
by them before) but had not seen behavior quite so extreme and was
wondering if anyone else had seen something like this before. (I did get it
on video, but have not encoded it from the raw clip yet. I told the
visitor's center I would forward it over once I do)
p.s. Unrelatedly, one of the freshwater marsh-residing bitterns that has
been taunting me with calls and never sightings for over a month finally
allowed itself to be seen by me, so I can strike them from my Grudge Bird
list
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> 4. Re: Some new birding tools (Tom Benedict via Tweeters)
> 5. Re: how to prevent birds from flying into windows.
> (Chuq Von Rospach via Tweeters)
> 6. Re: Some new birding tools (Chuq Von Rospach via Tweeters)
> 7. Re: how to prevent birds from flying into windows.
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> From: Marv via Tweeters <tweeters...>
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> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:02:16 -0700
> Subject: [Tweeters] Wilson's Phalarope at M St Marsh in Auburn
> This morning I observed copulation of Wilson's Phalarope at the M Street
> Marsh in Auburn. See videos:
> https://flic.kr/ps/376fhN >
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> Marv Breece
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> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 13:01:58 -0700
> Subject: [Tweeters] Panama query
> to Blythe Horman,
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> Dave Cook
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> From: Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <tweeters...>
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> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:08:06 -0700
> Subject: [Tweeters] how to prevent birds from flying into windows.
> This was sent by a friend, and it seems reasonable, but I know nothing
> more about it.
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC9xQkUtQ98 >
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> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:48:13 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Some new birding tools
> <rant on>
>
> I’m only speaking for myself, but as a “non-Twitcher” I don’t see this as
> good news. It's inevitable that this kind of decision support tool has
> become available, but I really don’t think we should be encouraging more
> chasing. We don’t need more ways to incent more people to chase birds all
> over the countryside. The photos that people post are almost always better
> than the image I would get to see in person with bionic or scope, so I’m
> more than satisfied staying home and enjoying the experience vicariously.
>
> But I’m not a WOS member, so maybe I should just get over it.
>
> <rant off>
>
> Yes, I am a stick-in-the-mud. ;)
>
> Tom Benedict
> Seahurst, WA
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> On Jun 9, 2026, at 12:19, Jane Hadley via Tweeters <
> <tweeters...> wrote:
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> Dear Tweetsters - I wanted to alert you to a couple new additions to the
> WOS website (wos.org) that might be of interest.
>
> First former WOS board member and officer Scott Ray has created a free web
> app that should be of interest to those who chase rarities.
>
> Here's how Scott describes it:
>
> "Birders who chase rarities all know the question: If I drive there today,
>> will the bird still be there? ....
>> Chase Report is a free, mobile-friendly, web-based rare bird dashboard
>> that uses current eBird notable sightings and organizes them into a
>> practical “chaseability” view. It requires no account, login, or
>> installation. Open the site in a browser and you can immediately see which
>> rare birds appear most likely to still be present, which are uncertain, and
>> which are probably gone."
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> To: Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson...>
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> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 23:49:26 +0200
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] how to prevent birds from flying into windows.
> On Jun 14, 2026 at 14:08:06, Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <
> <tweeters...> wrote:
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>> This was sent by a friend, and it seems reasonable, but I know nothing
>> more about it.
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
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>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC9xQkUtQ98 >>
>>
> It’s a decent technique. Here’s the most recent from Cornell Lab:
>
>
> https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/09/protect-birds-windows-change-human-behavior >
> Research has indicated a matrix of dots works quite well (an example of
> one product that implements this is Feather Friendly:
> https://featherfriendly.com/) — and yes, you can add dots manually if you
> want with something like white-out but I’m not sure how weatherproof that
> is.
>
> Paracord has also been shown to be effective:
> https://www.birdsavers.com/using-paracord/ >
> One thing that research has shown that is NOT effective are those
> bird-shadow appliqués. There was a study with the last year or two with
> swallows in a flight chamber that showed no difference in strikes between
> windows treated and untreated windows.
>
> Chuq
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> To: Tom Benedict <benedict.t...>
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> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 23:54:45 +0200
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Some new birding tools
> On Jun 14, 2026 at 14:48:13, Tom Benedict via Tweeters <
> <tweeters...> wrote:
>
>> <rant on>
>>
>> I’m only speaking for myself, but as a “non-Twitcher” I don’t see this as
>> good news. It's inevitable that this kind of decision support tool has
>> become available, but I really don’t think we should be encouraging more
>> chasing.
>>
>
> Here’s my rant: none of us should be gatekeeping. Whatever allows someone
> to enjoy birding is okay, and there is no right or wrong way to bird. I’m
> not a big chaser, but I’ve been doing a bit more of it in the last couple
> of years, and I know a number of birders for which the chase is their
> primary interest. More power to them, even though that’s not really what
> tickles my toes.
>
> I’m glad this tool exists for them. Will I ever use it? Probably not. But
> I think it’s important to remind all of us (including/especially me) that
> nobody gets to tell anyone else how to do birding “right”. If it makes you
> happy, do it.
>
> </rant>
>
> Chuq
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> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:36:36 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] how to prevent birds from flying into windows.
> We used this on our kitchen windows where we had a few strikes after
> putting up our feeders. Since applying the stripes there have been none. It
> seems to hold up in rain but if you wash the windows you will have to apply
> it again.
>
> Philomena
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jun 14, 2026, at 2:08 PM, Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <
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> This was sent by a friend, and it seems reasonable, but I know nothing
> more about it.
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC9xQkUtQ98 >
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